Antiquities, Pine, John, Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 5-V47, 1774-

Date: 1774

Artist: Pine John

Engraver: Pine John

Publisher:  Pine Robertus Edge (son)

Paper Size: 140 x 220mm

Print Size:105 x 180mm

Condition: good

Technique: copperplate engraving

Price: $100

Description: fine copperplate engraving

Provenance:

Less well known than his Horace, Pine's Virgil was left unfinished at his death in 1756 with only the Eclogues and Georgics illustrated and issued. His son, Robert Edge Pine, a notable painter in his own right, published this reissue with new preliminaries in 1774

Original Copperplate engraving by engraver and printseller, John Pine (1691 - 1756)

These illustrations for Virgil’s Poems were published in London circa 1774

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